Nevada County picayune., 1887-08-25
JESSE HARPER, CONTINUED.
NO. ;.

| Tn our llfSI cOlliillUElcatIbD l ut- | clared that organized aud skilled 1 labor, was as we'll or better paid now, than it was in lSGJ.6 or (, and in this article, We propose to produce facts and figures; fl om q source of nnquestioned authority, l to establish tDat declaration. Eel low tiileys of the soil. we muSt ask you to hear Us patiently. h"ar us for our cause and iuan uS your pa. | tience, wait, cxamine, thlnE and act for yourselves; for 1t is not our purpose to try and de" eve, or mlSlead y0ui HOT cAi' we sh tune 1 Iy by and src onr trii"W nl II i'm posed upoi bN Il set oi tur. office seekers, aided ht Wiiy llohrn down political dema9ogne from afar, when they HiSl,tr material facts aud ialsify the history of the country, and insist that you be. stow your support upon them and them only, and believe them, and them only, and all this grand array and fearful wall is set mp for the sole purpose ot declevlng you, in order that you may put Bro. Jones X Co, into office. Unfortn- l natelv for Bro. Jones. he has neV- CT been able to get there yet not withstanding he has borne the heat and burtheu of the day, while others have held the offices. To hold office is honorable, and prof itable, but the ldea that all oppo- sitIon to the democratic ticket ill this county must be run through their muSl, by which means they have and now hold offices of this county, and by that means only and we dety any living man to dis prove this charge, is rather toe thin to win again.
 Now for some of the facts and figures. We will have TO take the years in groups of five years iu each period, in each of which, we 1 will show the average wages pei day, the averages wages per veal of 300 days, the cost of each days portion, and the purchasing power in number of portions
 Class l. Specially skilled men Foremcn, Overseers, Boss Black smiths, Carpenters. etc., customa- rily earning +3,0O to $500 per day at the present time.
 1860: Average wages per day, S2 h; average per year, of 3Ot days, Sl35. .00, cost of days portion ! 30, ,95.l00; purchasing power in nnmber ofportions 2,J7i. 1865: ! Average wages per day S3,59; av. craze per year, of 300 days, Sl.01l o0, cost of days portion 1920 ! 1870; Average wages per day, Si, 34; average per year, of 300 days s1 1902, ,00; cost of days portion .43, J3-l00; purchasing power in num- Der of portions, 5000. lS75: Aver age wages per day, ,li; average per year, of 300 days, Sl,242.OGi cast of days portion, 3S,69.l00 purchasing power in number ol portions, 3,2l0, 1880: Average wages per day. Si II; average pel year, of 300 days, >l,242,00; cost of days portion .3l, 2i-loO: pur chasing power, in number of DOT tions, 3,131. lSS5.6; Average wa, ges were higher than in 1880, while the cost of d day \ portion would hn .l.., ing power, in number of portions had increased to not less than 1000. By this days portion, is meant ta include all things neces. sary for the support of one per son. It consists of uniform quan- titles of the same kinds of goods, cloth. etc, and fuel bought at re tail prices. The wages from 1866 to 1880. inclusive, are averaged from a large number of returns contained in Vol. 20 of the U. $. Census, compiled by Joseph D. Weeks"
 Class ?, Average Mechanics, Engineers, Blacksmiths, Carpen. ters, Machinist, and Painters con- nected with establishments repor- ted in Vol. 20 of the census 1865 to 1880 inclusive: 1860: Averages per day Sl.JG; averages per year, of 300 days. Si6S,00; cost of days portion, 30 9j100; purchasing power iu number of portions, l572. 1865: Averages wages per day, S2,34; averages wages per year of 300 days, TOP ,0O; cost of days DOT ton, ,.55, ,69-10O; purchasing pow. CT in number of portions, 12' 6l. 1870; Averages wages per l day S2.i3; averages per year of 300 days, S149.00; cost of days portion 43,J3100; purchasing power in number of portions, l176. 1880; Average wages per day, s2, ,26;av craze wages per year of 300 days, S6S1 ,O0: cost of days portion, .33.. 24lO0; purchasing power in mum. Der of portions, 2Oi0. lSS5.6; Ay- craze wages per day, $40; aver. age wages per year, of 300 days, S120,00; cost ot days portion, BOG less; purchasing power in number of portions, 2400.
 Class 3, All the operatives, eX. ccpt ioremen and overseeTs in 100 establishments, reporting the wa. ges of their working people, under mDre than 200 Seuaratp titles. Bricks, marble, furniture, agricult- ural implements, tin ware, stoves, ] IAAnfn hnfS nnrS MnnnnN nnnn